PBS Western Reserve • At-A-Glance
Key: M=Monday; T=Tuesday; W=Wednesday; TH=Thursday; F=Friday; S=Saturday; SU=Sunday; M-F=Monday through Friday; PMT=preempted
Airtimes of one-time-only specials are indicated by day and date; ongoing series by day-of-week only. Dates that a series is preempted (PMT) are indicated in parentheses.
December 2025
Art and Antiques
Antiques Roadshow
8p M (PMT 12/1 & 12/15); 9p M (PMT 12/1, 12/15 & 12/22); 1a T (PMT 12/2 & 12/16); 2a T (PMT 12/2, 12/16 & 12/23); 2p M-F
The Best of the Joy of Painting
9a S (PMT 12/6)
By the River
4:30p TH (begins 12/25)
Chihuly: Roll the Dice
10:30p SU 12/14; 3:30a M 12/15; midnight M 12/29
Craft in America
8a S (PMT 12/6)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
10:30p SU 12/28
Painting and Travel with Roger and Sarah Bansemer
9:30a S (PMT 12/6)
Poetry in America
12:30a F (PMT 12/5 & 12/12)
The Travelling Auctioneers
Noon SU (PMT 12/7) (ends 12/21); 4p W (ends 12/10)
We Heart Public Television!
8:30p S 12/6
Biography
American Masters, Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around
8p T 12/23; 1a W 12/24
American Masters, Starring Dick Van Dyke
9p F 12/12; 2a S 12/13; 4p SU 12/14
American Masters, Ten Times Better
9:30p T 12/16; 2:30a W 12/17
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
1p SU 12/14; 9p F 12/19; 2a S 12/20
In Their Own Words
5p W 12/3-F 12/5; 5p TH 12/11 & F 12/12
Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller
10p W 12/3; 2a F 12/5; 3a SU 12/7
Margaret: The Rebel Princess
5p W 12/31
Pioneers of Television
10p M (begins 12/8); 3a T (begins 12/9); 5p S (begins 12/13)
Business and Finance
Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
12:30a TH (PMT 12/4 & 12/25)
Design Your Ideal Future with Rajiv Nagaich
9a SU 12/7
Children’s Programming
Alma’s Way
12:30p M-F (PMT 12/15, 12/24 & 12/25)
Arthur
6a M-F (PMT 12/25); 6:30a SU & S
Arthur’s Perfect Christmas
11:30a F 12/5; 6a F 12/19; noon W 12/24; 1p F 12/26
Carl the Collector
8:30a M-F
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
Noon 12/15 & 6a 12/25
Cyberchase
8a SU
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9a M-F
Donkey Hodie
11a M-F (PMT 12/18 & 12/25)
Elinor Wonders Why
Noon M-F (PMT 12/5, 12/15, 12/24 & 12/25)
Into the Outdoors
8:30a SU
Lyla in the Loop
8a M-F
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
6a SU & S (PMT 12/7)
Molly of Denali
1p M-F (PMT 12/22, 12/24 & 12/26)
More Childhood, Please
8p T 12/9; 1a W 12/10; 1p S 12/13, 12/20 & 12/27
Odd Squad
6:30a M-F (PMT 12/12, 12/19 & 12/25)
Peg + Cat + Holidays
11a TH 12/18 & 12/25; 1p M 12/22
Pinkalicious & Peterrific
11:30a M-F (PMT 12/5, 12/18 & 12/25)
Rosie’s Rules
9:30a M-F
Sesame Street
10a M-F
Weather Hunters
7:30a SU-S
Wild Kratts
7a SU-S
Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas
6:30a F 12/12; 1p W 12/24; noon TH 12/25
Work It Out Wombats!
10:30a M-F
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
1:30p M-F (PMT 12/22, 12/24 & 12/26)
Cooking
America’s Heartland
4:30p TH (ends 12/11)
America’s Test Kitchen
4p S (PMT 12/6)
Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
3:30p F
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3p M; 11a S (PMT 12/6)
Cook’s Country
4:30p F
Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
3p F
Fork & Hammer
4:30p M
French Magnolia Cooks
3p S (PMT 12/6)
The Great American Recipe
2p S (PMT 12/6)
In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs
3:30p S (PMT 12/6)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:30p M
New Scandinavian Cooking
4p F
Pati’s Mexican Table
10a S (PMT 12/6)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
10:30a S (PMT 12/6)
Somewhere South
5a M (ends 12/8)
Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan
4p M
Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom
4:30p S (PMT 12/6)
Drama
All Creatures Great and Small: Cheers to the Years!
2a TH 12/4; 8a S 12/6
All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales
8p TH 12/4
Call the Midwife Holiday Specials 2021-2023
1-5:30p SU 12/21
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2024
2p SU 12/28
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2025
8p TH 12/25; 1a F 12/26; 4p SU 12/28
Dalgliesh
9p SU 12/14-12/28; 2a M 12/15-12/29
Death in Paradise
10p TH (PMT 12/4); 3a F (PMT 12/5); 5p W (PMT 12/3 & 12/31)
Father Brown
7p SU (PMT 12/7); 5p M (PMT 12/1)
The First Lady
9p S (PMT 12/6); 1a SU (PMT 12/7)
Happiness
8-9p SU 12/14-12/28; 1-2a M 12/15-12/29; 5-6p F (begins 12/19)
Madame Blanc Mysteries
8p S (PMT 12/6) (ends 12/13); midnight SU (PMT 12/7) (ends 12/14)
Masterpiece, Grantchester
5p T; 4p T 12/23
My Life Is Murder
9p TH (PMT 12/4) (ends 12/18); 2a F (PMT 12/5) (ends 12/19)
Health and Wellness
Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain with Daniel Amen, MD
Midnight W 12/3; 10:30a SU 12/7
Classical Stretch: By Essentrics
5:30a S
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr
5a S
Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
12:30a M (PMT 12/1 & 12/8)
History
The First Lady
9p S (PMT 12/6); 1a SU (PMT 12/7)
The Historic HBCU Photograph
Midnight M 12/22; 8:30p F 12/26; 1:30a S 12/27
History Detectives
4a M (begins 12/15)
History with David Rubenstein
6:30p S (begins 12/27)
Icon in the Sky: 100 Years of the Goodyear Blimp
8p W 12/3; midnight & 8:30p F 12/5; 2p S 12/6; 1a & 7p SU 12/7
Lucy Worsley Investigates
1p SU 12/28
Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like
2a M 12/1; 5:30p SU 12/7
The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor
3p W (begins 12/17); 8p S (begins 12/20); midnight SU (begins 12/21)
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Noon SU (begins 12/28); 4p W (begins 12/31)
Trolley Park: Midway Memories
3:30a M 12/29
Holiday
All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales
8p TH 12/4
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
10:30p SU 12/21
Arthur’s Perfect Christmas
11:30a F 12/5; 6a F 12/19; noon W 12/24; 1p F 12/26
Ball and Vase
9:30p M 12/15; 2:30a T 12/16; 5:40p SU 12/21
Call the Midwife Holiday Specials 2021-2023
1-5:30p SU 12/21
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2024
2p SU 12/28
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2025
8p TH 12/25; 1a F 12/26; 4p SU 12/28
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
Noon 12/15 & 6a 12/25
A Celebration of Hanukkah
9a SU 12/14
The Chardon Polka Band’s Holiday Extravaganza
9p T 12/9; 2a W 12/10; 5p TH 12/25
Come and See! A Concordia Christmas
Midnight TH 12/25
Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa
9a SU 12/28
European Christmas Markets
1:30a S 12/20; 10:30p T 12/23; 3:30a W 12/24
Great Performances, Nutcracker from English National Ballet
8p T 12/16; 1a W 12/17
Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
8p M 12/15; 1a T 12/16; 2a & 8p W 12/24; 1a TH 12/25
Jesus: Countdown to Calvary
9a SU 12/21; 9p M 12/22; 2a T 12/23
Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas
2p SU 12/7; 5p TH 12/18
Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas
Midnight S 12/6
Next at the Kennedy Center, Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration
10p T 12/30; 3a W 12/31
Peg + Cat + Holidays
11a TH 12/18 & 12/25; 1p M 12/22
Polka Christmas with The Chardon Polka Band
8:30p F 12/19; 6:30p S 12/20
Rick Steves’ European Christmas
Midnight M 12/1; 3:30a TH 12/4; 11:30p S 12/6
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
9p T 12/23
St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come
11p W 12/24
Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah
9:30p W 12/24; 3a TH 12/25
Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas
6:30a F 12/12; 1p W 12/24; noon TH 12/25
Home and Garden
Ask This Old House
Noon S (PMT 12/6); 10:30a SU (PMT 12/7); 3:30p T
MotorWeek
12:30p S (PMT 12/6); 11:30a SU (PMT 12/7); 4:30p T (PMT 12/23)
This Old House
11:30a S (PMT 12/6); 10a SU (PMT 12/7); 3p T
Music and Performance
50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary
10p T 12/2; 4p S 12/6
André Rieu: Power of Love
11p M 12/1; 3a W 12/3; 9p SU 12/7
Austin City Limits
11p S (PMT 12/6); 3a SU (PMT 12/7)
Broadway’s Leading Ladies
4:30a SU 12/7
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band — No Nukes
1a T 12/2
Carole King and James Taylor: Live at the Troubador
8p M 12/1
The Chardon Polka Band’s Holiday Extravaganza
9p T 12/9; 2a W 12/10; 5p TH 12/25
Colorado Soundstage
4a SU (PMT 12/7) (ends 12/14)
Deconstructing the Beatles
1:30a M 12/1; 11:30p W 12/3 & TH 12/4; 9:30a S 12/6
Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
8p T 12/30; 1a W 12/31
Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
3:30a S 12/6
Gospel Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
9p F 12/26; 2a S 12/27
Great Performances, The Magic of Spirituals
10p F 12/26; 3a S 12/27
Great Performances, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary
8p W 12/31
I Want My ‘80s Tour Live
3:30a M 12/1
Johnny Mathis: Wonderful, Wonderful!
9:30p M 12/1
The Lawrence Welk Show
7p S (PMT 12/6)
The Life of a Musician
10p S (begins 12/13); 2a SU (begins 12/14)
Magic Moments: The Best of ‘50s Pop
6p S 12/6
Polka Christmas with The Chardon Polka Band
8:30p F 12/19; 6:30p S 12/20
Rush: Time Machine — Live in Cleveland
1:30a W 12/3; 3:30a & 10:30p F 12/5; 2:30a M 12/8
Rufus Wainwright Does Kurt Weill
11p SU 12/7
Song of the Mountains
4a SU (begins 12/21)
Studio C Sessions
10:30p S (PMT 12/6); 2:30a SU (PMT 12/7)
This Land Is Your Land
3a T 12/2
Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration
3:30p SU 12/7; 12:30a M 12/8
The World According to Polka
11p-midnight W 12/31
News and Public Affairs
Amanpour and Company
11p M-F (PMT 12/1-12/5, 12/24 & 12/31); 4a T-S (PMT 12/2-12/6)
BBC News
6p & 6:30p M-F; midnight T-S (PMT 12/2-12/6 & 12/25)
Canada Files
12:30a T (PMT 12/2) (ends 12/16)
The Chavis Chronicles
12:30a T (begins 12/23)
Democracy Now!
5a T-F
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
6:30p SU (PMT 12/7)
Forum 360
5 & 5:30p M 12/1
Frontline, The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador
10p T 12/9; 3a W 12/10
Frontline, Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question
10p T 12/16; 3a W 12/17
Getting Dot Older
4p TH
Great Lakes Now
11a SU (PMT 12/7)
PBS News Hour
7p M-F
PBS News Weekend
6p S & SU (PMT 12/6 & 12/7)
POV, Between Goodbyes
11p SU 12/14
The State of Ohio
12:30a S (PMT 12/6)
Story in the Public Square
12:30a W (PMT 12/3)
Washington Week with The Atlantic
8p F; 1a S (PMT 12/6)
Regional Productions
Around Akron with Blue Green
4:30a & 4p T 12/2
The Chardon Polka Band’s Holiday Extravaganza
9p T 12/9; 2a W 12/10; 5p TH 12/25
City Centric
12:30a F 12/12; 3:30p SU 12/14
Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Park: A New Beginning
8:30p F 12/12; 1:30a & 6:30p S 12/13; 3p SU 12/14; 4:30p TH 12/18; 3:30a M 12/22
Feed Our Region
8p T 12/2; midnight & 9:30p TH 12/4; 1:30a & 10a S 12/6
Forum 360
5 & 5:30p M 12/1
Great Lakes Now
11a SU (PMT 12/7)
Icon in the Sky: 100 Years of the Goodyear Blimp
8p W 12/3; midnight & 8:30p F 12/5; 2p S 12/6; 1a & 7p SU 12/7
More Childhood, Please
8p T 12/9; 1a W 12/10; 1p S 12/13, 12/20 & 12/27
Polka Christmas with The Chardon Polka Band
8:30p F 12/19; 6:30p S 12/20
Studio C Sessions
10:30p S (PMT 12/6); 2:30a SU (PMT 12/7)
The World According to Polka
11p-midnight W 12/31
Science and Technology
Behind the Wings
4p T (begins 12/9) (PMT 12/23)
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
5a SU (begins 12/14)
Nova
9p W (PMT 12/3, 12/24 & 12/31); 10p W 12/10; 2a TH (PMT 12/4 & 12/25); 3a TH 12/11
Sewing and Crafts
Fit 2 Stitch
3p TH
It’s Sew Easy
3:30p TH (ends 12/18)
Quilting Arts
3:30p TH (begins 12/25)
Travel and Adventure
Around Akron with Blue Green
4:30a & 4p T 12/2
Hidden Belize
4a M 12/8 & 3p W 12/10
Hidden Malta
3p W 12/3
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
10:30p SU 12/28
Michael Palin in North Korea
8p TH 12/11-12/18; 1a F 12/12-12/19; 4p W 12/17-12/24
Pacific Heartbeat
5a M (begins 12/15)
Rick Steves’ Art of Europe: Michelangelo to Monet
Noon S 12/6 & SU 12/7
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Noon SU (begins 12/28); 4p W (begins 12/31)
